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Northwest Africa 4202
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 4202
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 4202
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 84 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2007
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 2
  Line 218:
Place of purchase:Hamburg, Germany
Date:2005 Dec 9
Mass (g):84
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):31 ± 3.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.5 ± 7.5
Classifier:A. Bischoff, IfP
Type spec mass (g):18
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:Private collector
Comments:Sv
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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